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Looking at a detail of the masonry on the walls of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona.

Poetry Evening




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Salisbury House Poets night, Edmonton, London.

Salisbury House Poets. Salisbury House is a lovely old house with a priest hole. This was my first experience of a poetry night. There were several readers from the floor and then Allen and Sarah read poems and - gasp - did songs! - with an interval in the kitchen for wine or coffee. A good night out.

Saturday 7th February
SARAH DOYLE and ALLEN ASHLEY

Sarah is a winner in the Ottakers/Faber & Faber poetry competition and has had poems published in Midnight Street magazine. In 2008, Sarah’s work was included in the Norfolk Poets’ and Writers’ Anthology, and she had a villanelle commended in the prestigious Poetry on the Lake competition in Italy. Technically accomplished, though highly accessible, Sarah’s poetry uses tightly constructed rhyme schemes, metre and form to express deliberately contemporary concerns. Celebrity divorces, domestic goddesses, break-ups, make-ups and heartbreak all feature in Sarah’s wry take on modern life, that will resonate with anyone who has ever fallen to in â€" or out of â€" love.

Allen is best known as a science fiction and fantasy writer and editor with over 100 stories published. His books include the novel “The Planet Suite” (TTA Press 1997) and, as editor, “The Elastic Book of Numbers” (Elastic Press, 2005). The latter scooped the prestigious British Fantasy Society Award as “Best Anthology”. Allen’s most recent book is “Subtle Edens” from Elastic Press (2008), an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories with Allen again as editor. As a poet, singer and lyricist, Allen has been widely published and has performed at venues in London, Essex and Belgium. He has also performed three times with the space rock band Hawkwind.

Evenings commence at 7.30 p.m. and end about 10

with an interval for refreshments and socializing.

Entrance £3.50, Concessions £2.50.